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	Harry Flood Byrd
		Harry Flood Byrd (1887—1966) was the most powerful political leader in twentieth- century Virginia.
		Byrd's political organization and pay-as-you-go philosophy kept taxes and public spending low in order to make Virginia attractive to business and industrial investors, but as a consequence road construction and support for public education and public health programs remained below national standards.
		The Byrd organization collapsed following his death and the disastrous attempt by means of Massive Resistance to obstruct federal court orders in the 1950s and 1960s to desegregate the state's public schools.
	www.lva.lib.va.us /whoweare/exhibits/political/harry_byrd.htm (117 words)

	Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia - The Pay-As-You-Go Man
		Byrd, who had voted against the Senate bill, and his associates in the House used parliamentary maneuvering to prevent a conference to reconcile the two bills, which died as a result.
		Byrd and his supporters responded with a proposed 3-cents per gallon gas tax bill to build the same number of roads on a pay-as-you-go basis in an equal amount of time.
		Byrd gave a speech to a taxpayers association in Massachusetts on December 10, 1938, in which he criticized "nine years of fiscal insanity," blamed much of the problem on the pump priming theories of British economist John Maynard Keynes, and blasted the idea that the recovery from the Depression could be achieved by borrowing.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/byrd.htm (8414 words)

	WashingtonPost.com: Harry Byrd of Virginia
		Although Harry Byrd was certainly proud of the role his ancestors had played in the settling of the Virginia colony and was aware of the prominence of the family name in a state that venerated its colonial heritage, he did not traffic in his pedigree.
		Byrd said years later that there must have been something wrong with her because "the three boys were always plotting how they could best escape me." There may not have been great outward signs of affection within the Byrd family, but there was a stable environment in which both freedom and responsibility flourished.
		Byrd entered politics not primarily out of a sense of service to the larger community--although he always insisted that was his motive--but to preserve or advance that which was beneficial to himself and his interests.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/harryby.htm (5575 words)

	The Byrd Organization
		Byrd was successful because he created a voluntary alignment of a homogenous group with common views, and he made decisions carefully after ascertaining the feelings of the local officials.
		Byrd was then elected governor in 1925, and institutionalized the pay-as-you-go approach where roads were built only as fast as state gas taxes and licenses fees were collected.
		Byrd's dynamic leadership on the road bond issue led to his taking control and getting elected as governor in 1925, but his ability to shape the political landscape across the state was based on the fact that it required very few votes to win a contest in Virginia.
	www.virginiaplaces.org /government/byrdorg.html (2560 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Machine-Made Democracy
		It is "Harry Byrd," the six-term U.S. senator, founder of what was known to its friends as the Byrd Organization (or simply "the organization") and to its forlorn foes and critics as the Byrd machine.
		Byrd's ascendancy extended from his term as a mildly "progressive" governor of the late 1920s to the eve of his retirement from the U.S. Senate and death in the mid-1960s.
		Inasmuch as Byrd was not a race-baiter (though he long opposed Hawaiian statehood for fear that colleagues of Japanese or other Asian origins might, horror of horrors, appear in the Senate!) the theory is plausible.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/books/reviews/harryby.htm (854 words)

	The Historian: Harry Byrd of Virginia. (book reviews) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Ronald L. Heinemann's life-and-times biography of Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Virginia's preeminent politician of the twentieth century, is a major contribution to the literature on American politics.
		Byrd's political organization was tottering by the early 1950s as Virginia's urban population increased dramatically.
		Heinemann argues that Byrd, a racist "of the genteel southern sort," contrived Virginia's policy of massive resistance to school desegregation "in effect, to revitalize a dying political machine" (329).
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:20118795&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (631 words)

	Search Results for "byrd"
		Byrd, William, English composer, 1543-1623, English composer, organist at Lincoln Cathedral and, jointly with Tallis, at the Chapel Royal.
		Byrd, William, 1652–1704, English planter in colonial Virginia, 1652-1704, English planter in early Virginia.
		Byrd, William, 1674–1744, American colonial writer, planter, and government official, 1674-1744, American colonial writer, planter, and government official; son of...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=byrd (288 words)

	The Winchester Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Byrd assumed the position of editor virtually from the day he purchased that old desk in 1935, but he cannot recall precisely when the title of publisher was added to his job description.
		Byrd said his grandfather “was regarded as a brilliant lawyer and orator, but was not a businessman.” This became evident during his ownership of The Star, which he purchased in 1897.
		Harry F. Byrd Sr., future governor and U.S. senator, was but 16 when he assumed the reins of The Star and rescued it from financial ruin, using the classic “pay-as-you-go” principles for which he would become famous later in life.
	www.winchesterstar.com /TheWinchesterStar/050702/Area_career.asp (3736 words)

	HARRY BYRD OF VIRGINIA--Critical Look At R L Heinemann Book
		Harry Byrd understood that there are very serious social questions involved in the inter-action of diverse peoples--questions not resolved by sanctimonious rhetoric--questions that mankind have been wrestling with for thousands of years.
		It was perhaps Harry Byrd's peculiar misfortune that his Senate career began during a great depression, in an era when a mob psychology forced lesser men to seek political advantage/survival in altering the fundamental nature of the relationship between Federal power and the States and people.
		Harry Byrd Opposed the Adoption of Medicare in 1965.
	pages.prodigy.net /krtq73aa/byrd.htm (1956 words)

	Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg130 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Senator Harry Flood BYRD was born on 10 Jun 1887.
		Senator Harry Flood BYRD [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 10 Jun 1887 in Martinsburg, Berkley County, West Virginia.
		Harry F. Byrd dominated and controlled Virginia politics for half a century, first as Governor of Virginia and then as US Senator from Virginia for 30 years, following which his son, Harry F. Byrd Jr., was US Senator from Virginia for 18 years.
	www.ishipress.com /pafg130.htm (646 words)

	Special Collections, Maryland Room, Frequently Asked Questions Restrictions About Using the Maryland Room, UM Libraries
		Harry Clifton Byrd was a strong and charismatic leader, determined to mold the University of Maryland into one of the finest public institutions of higher education.
		Byrd rapidly climbed the administrative ranks at the university, becoming assistant to the president in 1918 and vice president in 1932.
		Harry Clifton Byrd died on October 2, 1970, and was buried in his hometown of Crisfield, Maryland.
	www.lib.umd.edu /mdrm/gallery/byrd/byrdlife.html (381 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - Local News - 03/10/2005 - Byrd family: A legacy of apple farming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		In December 2003, Harry F. Byrd III picks a Fuji apple left on one of his trees when the harvest was over.
		Byrd III had worked on the farm since 1970 after leaving college and serving six months active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps.
		Byrd III will still hold interest in a couple of partnerships in 500 acres of apple orchards in West Virginia for at least two more years, he said.
	www.zwire.com /site/tab3.cfm?newsid=14112177&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506078&rfi=6 (731 words)

	Harry F. Byrd, Sr.
		Harry Byrd did not believe in borrowing money.
		His "Byrd Machine" maintained his policies in Virginia for many years.
		Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia: The Pay-As-You-Go Man
	www.educationalsynthesis.org /famamer/Byrd.html (79 words)

	Balchen Main Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Byrd had picked Bennett as a pilot on his forthcoming transatlantic flight, but Bennett died while he and Balchen were on a mission to evacuate the Bremen fliers.
		Byrd's brother was the almighty senator from Virginia, Harry Byrd.
		Byrd was never a true pilot nor navigator, he never contributed anything in that respect when we crossed the Atlantic, nor when we flew to the South Pole.
	home.acadia.net /userpages/kikut/BBMainText.htm (5726 words)

	HARRY BYRD HELPED STEER VIRGINIA FOR 4 DECADES
		Harry Byrd was a dominant personality in Virginia politics for four decades.
		Heinemann quotes Byrd to great effect: ``Higher education is all right for those who desire it and can afford it, yet the foundation of all education is the attainment of knowledge which will be useful in the transaction of the duties of everyday life.
		That Byrd, a member of the Royal Society in England, accumulated one of the most extensive libraries in the colonies and made enduring contributions to colonial literature, including The History of the Dividing Line, which concerned the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960421/04190730.htm (722 words)

	Seibel Exhibit -- Harry F. Byrd
		The largest section of correspondence in the Seibel collection is from Harry Flood Byrd, governor of Virginia from 1926-1930 and U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1933-1965 (he was succeeded by his son, Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
		Senator Harry F. Byrd, known nationally for his conservative views, was hardly an admirer of John L. Lewis (1880-1969), president of the United Mine Workers.
		Byrd had become one of the most vocal critics of the national Democratic Party, which he considered too liberal.
	www.library.vcu.edu /jbc/speccoll/exhibit/seibel9.html (480 words)

	Apples: An Industry: Winchester & Frederick County, Virginia: Background
		Harry Flood Byrd, who became Governor and United States Senator from Virginia, was the most prominent apple grower in the region.
		Byrd was President of the Winchester Cold Storage Company, the largest cold storage facility for apples in the world with a capacity of 1.5 million bushes.
		Ronald Heinemann, Harry Byrd of Virginia, (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, 1996).
	mason.gmu.edu /~mlinhart/Linhart_Hist697_2005/AppleMain8.htm (1157 words)

	George Campbell Peery
		Of Scotch-Irish descent, Peery was born in Cedar Bluff, a Tazewell County hamlet, in 1873.
		Harry Byrd, then thirty-five, new chairman of the Democratic state central committee, sent state auditors to monitor Republican poll tax payments and later convinced Governor Trinkle to postpone a potentially divisive special session of the legislature until after the November elections.
		Byrd and Peery were virtually of one mind on economic and political policy; moreover, Peery had demonstrated the ability to attract popular support and had exhibited unquestioned loyalty by postponing his gubernatorial aspirations.
	www.cc.utah.edu /~pdp7277/george.html (5953 words)

	Harry Byrd by Aaron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Harry Byrd was born on June 10, 1887.
		Byrd died in Berryville, VA, on Oct. 20, 1966.
		Byrd won the governorship on a platform pledging ambitious administrative reform.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /BullRunES/staff/gwynn/vabio/aaron.htm (80 words)

	TimesDispatch.com \| Kilgore drives a historical road on transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		In the 1922 General Assembly, Byrd was a senator and Virginia Democratic chairman, preparing for what would be his successful run three years later for governor.
		Byrd, whose fiscal conservatism more succinctly could be described as stinginess, was dead-set against paying for roads with bonds (among Kilgore's favorite funding mechanisms).
		Byrd did not believe that the highway agency, then still putting in place the state's primary roads, could manage the money it had, much less the millions more it might generate through debt-backed paper.
	www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783237040&path=!news!columnists&s=1045855935174 (837 words)

	AllRefer.com - Harry Flood Byrd (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Harry Flood Byrd[bUrd] Pronunciation Key, 1887–1966, U.S. Senator from Virginia (1933–65), b.
		Educated at Shenandoah Academy in Winchester, Va., he became publisher of the Winchester Star and an important figure in state Democratic politics.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Harry Flood Byrd
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Byrd-Har.html (208 words)

	Photograph Alphabetical Listing
		Byrd, Jacob W. Group photo featuring Jacob Warwick Byrd (Class of 1850), taken at Forresthill, Placer Co., California, a mining town, circa 1888-1893.
		Byrd attended VMI for 2 years before tranferring to the Naval Academy.
		Byrd, Richard E. Cadet Richard E. Byrd (Class of 1908) on a hike with two other cadets.
	www.vmi.edu /archives/archivephotos/List.asp?num=271 (195 words)

	Special Collections, Maryland Room, Frequently Asked Questions Restrictions About Using the Maryland Room, UM Libraries
		Byrd was a 1908 graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College (MAC), as the University of Maryland was then known, with a degree in civil engineering.
		Rejoining the MAC staff as a football coach and instructor in English, Byrd rose through the administrative ranks to become president of the University of Maryland, serving in that capacity from 1935 to 1954.
		The Harry Clifton Byrd exhibit is the first in a spectacular series of events highlighting the valuable collections that reside in the University of Maryland's R. Lee Hornbake Library.
	www.lib.umd.edu /mdrm/gallery/fall2002.html (226 words)

	Parks, Politics, and the People (Chapter 11)
		Byrd was opposed to both, and he was sure the people there would be after him and that this would spoil his trip.
		Byrd had found Ruhle to be a highly learned person so well acquainted with the entire Pacific area and Asia that he later got him to be his guide on a trip through that part of the world.
		He was a descendant of a long line of Virginia Byrds, and their ancestral home is one of the restored historic buildings in Williamsburg.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/wirth2/chap11b.htm (7050 words)

	Presidential Papers, Doc#507 To Harry Clifton Byrd, 31 October 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
		Byrd (B.S. University of Maryland 1908), an instructor of English and history at the University of Maryland in 1912, had served as director of athletics and football coach from 1913 until 1934.
		He was appointed assistant to the president in 1918 and vice-president in 1932 and was named university president in 1936.
		The Alumni Association of the University of Maryland planned to honor Byrd at a testimonial dinner on December 9 and had asked Eisenhower to send a message to be included in a bound book of letters recognizing his forty years of service to the university (Brigham to Eisenhower, Oct. 19, 1953, same file as document).
	www.eisenhowermemorial.org /presidential-papers/first-term/documents/507.cfm (326 words)

	Box 108 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Byrd, Eleanor Flood: 1928, 1949-54; Byrd, Harry F.: 1926-48 (speeches).
		Byrd, Harry F.: 1948-52; Byrd, Harry F.: 1949-52 (speeches).
		Byrd, Richard E., Admiral: Undated (notebook and miscellaneous notes); Byrd, Richard E., father of Admiral Byrd: 1961; Byrd, Richard E., great-grandfather of Admiral Byrd: 1839.
	polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu /Archival/Byrd/boxen/108.html (162 words)

	Shenandoah.com \| Stories
		Byrd, a 90-year-old Winchester resident, said he appreciated the honor bestowed by the VMI Board of Visitors.
		Byrd, with his father just finishing a term as governor, followed his ancestor’s lead and entered VMI in 1931 as part of the “rat” class for the rigorous treatment of freshmen.
		Byrd spent two years at the school before transferring to the University of Virginia to study government, which served as a prelude to his political career.
	www.shenandoah.com /stories?headlineID=5414 (1474 words)

	Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business
		School of Business at Shenandoah University is proud to be named for Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., publisher, businessman and former United States senator from Virginia, who served the Commonwealth and the nation with great distinction.
		Senator Byrd’s family tradition of fiscal conservatism, unquestioned integrity and distaste for political expediency, has deeply infused the philosophy of the business school.
		Its value-added approach to education through intense student-faculty interaction is achieved through a foundation of experiential and team-learning, instructional technology, principled leadership, global education and an academic mindset of entrepreneurship, internship and study-abroad experiences.
	www.su.edu /bsb/strategic.asp (520 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Bolling Byrd Clarke (Daughter of ADM Byrd), Byrd family Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen...
		He sought to discover for himself - and for his Nation - the answers that might be hidden at the very ends of the earth, under the forbidding ice and snow of the poles.
		Admiral Richard Byrd may not be with us today, but his spirit of exploration and discovery is alive and well.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/people/secnav/dalton/speeches/byrd0714.txt (832 words)

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